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MS has the expertise to have both AAA games and a subscription service in rhythm with the calendar
Which will create a vacuum(market) that publishers/developers will fill with the quality games you're thinking will go away.If people stop buying individual games, quality will go down. Sub services will hurt gaming if/when they become the dominate driver of profits.
Of course, the business models oppose each other. However, it doesn't mean that you can't have high-quality content on a subscription.
However, it's pretty certain that we will see the death in Single Player one-off games.
Unless that Japnese developer wants to sell in the west they would have to conform to the Subscription type of model that is aggressively coming from the Western companies.
However, it's usually Quantity first then Quality will improve over time.
Indie games are usually 10 euro or less, free demos was the answer to this before it ever became a question. All these subscriptions are just unsustainable. The only people getting behind it are xbox fanboys who have no good AAA games to get behind and trolls.Nope. Almost all the Game Pass games have reviewed well. You just don’t like indie games.
See for me, I DONT have the time.
I work alot. So a sub for me with a large selection of games I can quickly install and have a blast on is perfect.
I no longer have the time to spend £60 on a game and play it for 200 hours.
This. So much this.
Interesting. I also don't have too much time for gaming recently (probably 10 hours a week max), but I have the opposite reaction to this. Giving me however many dozens of games to play every month is kind of worthless when I don't have time to play them. With my current limited time, I would rather just curate my own list and only buy and play the games I really want to play.
Except those studios make the games they want and release it when they're ready...Watching Microsoft's acquisition of smaller studios and seeing the games they released and/or announced lately, it seems to me their goal is to push out games as quickly and cheaply as possible and to add those games to GamePass.
While this sounds good in theory, I feel as if it comes at the expense of quality. People naturally expect less when the games are cheaper and many games are being described as "it's fine because its free/included in the monthly fee".
Perhaps this is ideal for those who have more time than money. It feels somewhere between AAA games and free-to-play. Personally, my time is too valuable to waste on B-tier games and I'd rather just have more options to play high-quality games that I can purchase and own.
While options are good, I worry about anything that moves the industry away from the high quality software in favor of cheaper experiences.
See for me, I DONT have the time.
I work alot. So a sub for me with a large selection of games I can quickly install and have a blast on is perfect.
I no longer have the time to spend £60 on a game and play it for 200 hours.
Why not? You don't need to do the 200 hours consecutively... modern games have save functions.
If I find a game I really like, which is pretty rare, I'll rinse it over a period of months. Savour that shit.
You indeed seem like the subscription model's ideal customer - casual user that only consumes what they are fed. I'd rather spend £60 on a game I love and be attached to it for as long as it will give me enjoyment, than sift through a hoard of crap, only really trying them out because they are... there. A bit like PS+
I'm pretty sure I spend as much time on Netflix browsing, attempting to find something that isn't absolute trash, than I do watching.
Because ill play a game for a few hours and then its maybe weeks even sometimes a couple months before I can play again and by that time Ive forgotten the story and the controls and the lore and every thing else...... Its extremely frustrating.
No. I spend a lot more time not playing games than I do, so when I do I dont want to ride a horse for 2 hours to get to the next mission or learn 100 different moves which need to be upgraded to progress..... Thats not quality to me.Sounds like you got dementia.
Nor to me, sounds like you are throwing up very weak excuses. The games available for purchase are the same games that will be on a subscription model... as in, the EXACT same - that's where they come from.
May as well fire up Candy Crush and be done with it.
Excuses for what exactly?
Gamepass is perfect for me. Sorry its not for you but that doesnt mean a blanket statement that it will completely lower the quality of gaming. Im sure you will ignore it and continue to play your games elsewhere.
For people like me who dont want to buy releases at full price and not have the time to play them the monthly sub is great. Even in a year its less than the cost of one game. Hell FH4 is worth the entry fee on its own.
So it's just all about paying less, and you aren't really fussed what you play.
This "I have less time to play" I see everywhere for somehow advocating subscription models is total BS.
You seem compelled to force you way through lots of games out of habit or something - but If you have less time to play games you buy less games - it's not rocket science.
It's OK to be a casual, but at least admit it
This is exactly what I do. And I keep the list as small as possible, and actually complete most of my games.With my current limited time, I would rather just curate my own list and only buy and play the games I really want to play.
You could get games on sale for less than 10 dollars or newish games at about 30 and you can play whenever you like, why pay a sub that you might not use and that isnt available if Internet or servers go down? Is it just the inflated appearance of your library? Like feeling way more important than you are when you wear a suit?Ive never denied it, have I?
Its not all about paying less no. Its about having a selection of games curated for me that I can choose from with my minimal gaming time these days. Youve said its not for you. Thats fine. Why are you still going on about it like youre offended someone is getting the benefit from gamepass. Its offering a service to people like me who dont have the time nor money to burn any more on gaming. That doesnt mean I have to give up my hobby any more and gives me a foot back on the ladder where I couldnt usually. Thats great news and should be applauded.
I already have more games than I know what to do with from what I buy and then 2 to 3 free games from PS + every month.I don't know where this quantity over quality talking point has come from buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut it's bullshit.
Go take a look at gamepass. The majority of those titles are quality. The rest are games I haven't played yet.
Play the percentage game brah!
That's the genius of gamepass; You don't have to buy games.I already have more games than I know what to do with from what I buy and then 2 to 3 free games from PS + every month.
Additional subs are unnecessary for 99% of people.
Correction, you have nothing. They are not your games. They might as well be blockbusters games, it's glorified rental.That's the genius of gamepass; You don't have to buy games.
I have more games than i know what to do with because of XBLG and GP. Buying games is unnecessary for 99% of people who have subs.
Gamepass is like a steam backlog without the guilt of knowing you've paid money for every game in the list
I disagree with this strongly. I've never gotten the impression nor have I ever seen data that the video gamer industry prefers quantity over quality.The customer base largely cares about quantity first. If that is reasonable then the topic will shift to quality
I've never seen data to say one way or the other.I disagree with this strongly. I've never gotten the impression nor have I ever seen data that the video gamer industry prefers quantity over quality.
Maybe you should read the OP and then you might understand that the issue is not NOW but where it could lead us. OP has a valid point in that if the industry moves to a subscription model then it’s valid to assume that the development effort/quality will go down.I don't know where this quantity over quality talking point has come from buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut it's bullshit.
Go take a look at gamepass. The majority of those titles are quality. The rest are games I haven't played yet.
Play the percentage game brah!
Maybe you should read the OP and then you might understand that the issue is not NOW but where it could lead us. OP has a valid point in that if the industry moves to a subscription model then it’s valid to assume that the development effort/quality will go down.
Yes right now Gamepass has great games on it, but if that is the future the amount of great games will decrease and there will be a drastic increase in cookiecutter cheaply developed games.
Correction, you have nothing. They are not your games. They might as well be blockbusters games, it's glorified rental.
Indie games are usually 10 euro or less, free demos was the answer to this before it ever became a question. All these subscriptions are just unsustainable. The only people getting behind it are xbox fanboys who have no good AAA games to get behind and trolls.